With apologies from the station, WKHB 620khz in PA will have to cancel their test scheduled for April 3rd. The good news is that we've lined up a nice "replacement" test---
KCKN 1020khz in Roswell, NM will be doing some audio chain maintanence work that evening and they've agreed to run some Morse Code IDs/Sweep Tones and go ND to help us all out! Details below: KCKN 1020khz Roswell, NM Maintenance Test Date(s): April 3, 2006 (Test starts late Sunday night, April 2nd) Time: Midnight to 02:00AM MDT (0600-0800 UTC) Modes of Operation: 10KW, Non-Directional Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID. Classic Country Music Notes: Test will consist of a one minute audio CD prepared by the BTC. CD contains Morse Code ID's, phonetic voice ID's, various NRC Sweep Tones, etc. Station will also run their extensive collection of classic country music. Sweep tones and codes will be inserted in local breaks (2-3 minutes in length). These breaks occur at :15, :30, and :40 roughly each hour. Other times programming will consist of classic country music format. Station is doing maintenance work on their audio chain during this period. Reception reports are desired via e-mail or US Mail. Station would prefer to receive audio CD's (1st choice) or Cassettes. If sending report on e-mail, station prefers MP3 format. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please put "KCKN DX Test" in the subject line. Snail mail at KCKN PO Box 220, Roswell, NM 88202-0220. ATTN: Mr. Don Niccum WKHB will not verify reports submitted by e-mail directly, the BTC will handle those chores. The station is happy to verify US Mail reports but be sure to include an SASE. Be sure to include a business sized SASE. Don, Jerry, and the whole staff at KCKN are very DX-Friendly, with some of them being members of the National Radio Club. We're very grateful for this rare test from the "Land of Enchantment"! _________________ Les Rayburn, N1LF NRC/IRCA Broadcast Test Coordinator Birmingham, AL ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html